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About The Times-herald. (Burns, Harney County, Or.) 1896-1929 | View Entire Issue (Sept. 19, 1914)
. M.' r I 1! CITY OF BURNS COUNTY OF HARNEY The Biggest City In The Biggest The Biggest County In The State to County In The State Of Oregon j Of Oregon, Best In The West I VOL. XXVII BURNS, HARNEY COUNTY, OREGON. SEPTEMBER 19, 1914 NO. 45 ' . ' gitrteltcfatit mt ODERN STONE BUSI NESS BLOCK TO RISE infract Let For Erection of One Story Building 50x100 on Corner in the Burned District by Judge Levens. Under Cover by December 1. All Space Spoken for in New Building Burns is to have another mod ern block in the business district at once. Judge Levens has let a contract for the erection of a atone building 50x100 one story, lon the corner formerly occuuied iby the pool hall and other busi ness concerns which was swept way Dy the recent tire, i nis building is to be under cover by December 1st and entirely com pleted by January 1. The structure will conform in wvery respect to the recent build ing restrictions made by the city Judtfe Levens is to be commend ed for his indomitable spirit in at once erecting this modern structure and his faith in the future of the town will inspire others. It is quite likely new buildings will replace those destroyed be tween the Harney County Na tional Hank and Hedell's saloon this fall, and with the office building of Geo. Fry adjoining the post office aprain under roof, a good start will have been made toward re-establishing Burns in authorities, will be as near fire most substantial and permanent proof as materials obtainable will manner. permit, with concrete foundation and shallow basement, plumbed and ready for connection with water and sewer, in fact an up to date structure. The frontage on Main street will be plate class while the 100 feet frontage on the south will have plate glass openings. The walls are to be constructed of sufficient strength a will per mit two more stories should it be desired at any future time. Considerable talk of a modern hotel on this and adjoining pro- New School House at "Big Stick" Occupied (The following communication was crowded out last issue. ) Ek'li. Sept 7. (To the Editor:) At the completion of the "Big Stick" school house at Wagontire a social gathering was held at which more than 40 people were present and a very good time was had. Refreshments were served in tents erected for the occasion. perty has been indulged in since lno8e coming from some distance the recent fire, and should .this being served early. At midnight materialize in the spring the B bountiful lunch was served and fnecessary stories may be added. t0 th0Se who stayed until day- Tenants are ready to occupy light a good breakfast was given (the entire building; the pool hall before they departed. hoys will take considerable space Dancing began at an early iJronungon main sireei, un - nour unu cimimucu mini mum- Mr aad south frontage is to le ing. A tent was arranged for arranged to suit tenants for of- the care of children with a stove flee rooms with convenient en- and beds and some of the older trances on both streets. ones who brought their beds en- A Boise firm of builders have joyed a good rest during the fol- the contract and have given a lowing morning bond tff complete the building within the SDecified time. Exca vation will begin at once and the assembling of the necessary ma terial on the ground will be rush ed as rapidly as possible. While The Times-Herald pre dicted that the result of the fire would be a better and bigger Burn, it hafdly expected the re-building to begin this fall. 1'lenty much to occasion. School with Mr teacher. of good music adiV 1 the enjoyment of the Stallion Buyer Warned of Unlicensed Animals That stallions coming from out side the state will be exhibited at the State Fair this fall is the im formation received by the state Stallion Registration Board, says Carl N. Kennedy, the Agricul tural College horse specialist who is secretary of the board. Those contemplating buying any of these stallions arc warned that they should ascertain whether they are registered by associa tions that are recognized by the United States government If there is any doubt as to their soundness and breeding they should be purchased only with the understanding that they are not to be accepted and paid for until licensed by the Oregon Board. No unbound stallion is allowed by law to stand for service in this state. Hence no person should purchase for public ser vice a stallion that is not record ed in a recognized association, since such animals are licensed as mongrels and do not meet with favor among the horse men. It is greatly against your interests to permit a horse dealer or peddler to sell you an unsound stallion or one of uncertain breed ing. The Stallion Registration Board located at Corvallis, is glad at all times to give any information within its power. Mexico is Not Alone In Big Land Holdings JUNTURA SURROUNDED BY RICH, FERTILE FARMS Handsome Stone Structures in Town With an Air of Permanency. New Brick School House be Ready Next Monday. Roads in Malheur Found Very Bad for Autos or Teams The Times-Herald manager year the ieop!e of Harney Valley visited Juntura for the first time , will be supplied from that section last Sunday. He had been on the with such fruit as it is ideal for ground where the little city now . this crop and there is no occasion stands before but not since the town was started. It is certainly a very pretty place with a beau tiful valley surrounding it, but from appearances has a limited section to draw trade from es pecially when the railroad is finally completed into this big to have it shipped further. In most instances melons are picked green for the market here ;.nd ripened, or rather decay and wither to a ripened condition on the way in, hence we seldom get good melons. It was a sad mission that took it 1 a wonder teams or autos are able to travel them at all. There should be something done toward improving them if that is to be our shipping point for any length of time, or even if we do have i rail transportation in the valley ' at an early date the roads should be fixed for those who do have j to travel them. Malheur county should be ashamed of these roads. All along the road we found farming activities, most of the places had been harvested and threshing was in progress. Crops looked to have been good and the places showed improvements. The town of Drewsey was also passed through and we found some improvements there. Should Ask to Have Public Lands Surveyed LEAVE OF ABSENCE IN TWO PERIODS NOW New Law Governing Enables the Home steader to Leave Twice in Year by Notifying Land Office. Periods not Exceeding Five Months in. Aggre gate After Establishing Residence country. However, what coun-; the party, consisting of Mrs. try there is tributary is very rich ' Frankie Clark, Miss Clare Swain, and fertile. The writer is told the writer and his wife with there is considerable territory to' James Richardson as driver, to the south and also the Agency , the town as they went to attend Valley Hection to the north that .the Will always make this the trad- Mr. Every settler on unsurveyed land is interested in securing an early survey by the Department of the Interior. The allotment of the appropriation to the vari ous states for surveying public lands is passed entirely upon the relative number of applications for survey, filed by bona fide set tlers who are living upon unsur veyed lands. funeral of the infant son of Every settler on unsurveyed and Mrs. Bruss Byrd. The lands in this state should at once Market Report. Congressman Sinnott has sent , The Times-Herald a copy of the bill recently passed providing for leave of absence bv homestonH I Receipts for last week at the entrymen in one or two periods Portland Union Stock Yards have 56; at the option of the enti-yman. been cattle, 1593,-calves, In one paragraph of the letter I hogs, 4401; sheep, 4973. accompanying not writes: the bill Mr. Sin- will open Harvey the eighth Tingley ;.s Mrs. Millar announces that all her millinery goods are reduced at this time. See tliem at the Schwartz store. FRIEND OF THE PRODUCER Burns Meat Market and Packing Plant BACON, HAMS and LARD Fresh Meats, Poultry Home Products for Home Consumers SPCIAL INDUCEMENTS OFFERED TO SHEEP MEN AND RIG ORDERS For Dainty Body Purity Use Bexall Nice It U prepared to meet the demand of Dainty Women for a preparation that will overcome all dors of perspiration. It l the last touch In a finished toilette. BEXALL DRUG STORE REED BROS. Props. njmjsjasssnnnnnuumnm - The Burns Hospital MRS. ETTA CUMMINS, Prop. Rest Surgical Room and Equipment in the State Outside of Portland. Nice Rooms, Good Care and Com fort for Patients-Reasonable Terms The Chicago Post's Washing ton on-respondent says there is prospect of a congressional in quiry into an alleged monopoly of land in several states. It is an interesting development, and especially so at a time when a a similar problem confronts the Mexicans. One-seventh of the acreage of California is said to be controlled by two ownerships. Three men are said to hold 4,200.000 acres in Florida. It is stated that half the land in that state is in the hands of 182 men. A witness before the house committee on lands is reported as testifying that he owned 3. 000,, 000 acres in Texas. During the decade ending in 1010 tenant farmers in the United States increased a little more than H per cent. One-third of the farm owners in 1910 had mortgaged farms. In the ten years from 1000 to 191Q the ac tual number of farms in the United States increased only 10.5 per cent, while the country's population increased in the same period by double that percentage. It is evideht that .the land question is a serious problem in some of the states and is becom ing serious in others. The man who would put the soil at work raising crops and thus adding to the wealth of the nation is find ing it increasingly difficult to se cure u farm. Many of these men have small capital, and they are up against the old proposi tion of high interest rates on money needed for buying and equipping their farms. Secretary McAdoo says $500, 000,000 is in national banks avail able for farm loans. But this money is not available to the tenant farmer, the man, who needs financial ussistance in ac quiring ownership of the soil he tills. Nothing but a system of rural credits will he of material aid to him, Throughout history the land question has been fundamental, It is of paramount importance in the' United States. The nation's write to Ed. G. Worth, U. S. Surveyor General of Oregon, Cire- Henthcote of the Presbyterian toms House, 1'ortland. Oregon. church conducting the service. In writing make an application There were many neighbors and f' n early survey. All such friends at the service to render applications will be reported up what assistance they could and on to the Department of the In extend sympathy to the bereaved terior and will hasten completion relatives. In this respect we of the survey of the unsurveyed found it particularly striking as public lands in the state. every one wanted to do some- leiivrs hilt II If. mil, ran tr Ita prosperity depends upon getting , corn,llotc(li Thig nJ 8tute8 ho ,mB farms into the hands' of the peo. pie who will use Uiem, Catholic Church. 1, On Sundays and Holy days of obligation Holy Mass with sermon at 10 a. m. 2. On week days Holy Mass at 0:30 a. m. the finances to complete ami soon this section will have another! way of reaching the outside by wire. The farming section surround ing the town is the richest in this part of Oregon ami they can raise some of the finest fruit if marketed. In this respect, it is permanent. The farmers were All other services, besides j cutting their third crop of alfalfa those mentioned above will be announced in church. All invited and welcome to the divine services. Sick-calls promptly answered at anytime. Religious informa tion and instructions willingly and the writer and party were treated to some of the fine peach es grown in the vicinity. Mr. and Mrs. Verne Hopkins had the party come out by their beauti ful suburban home where the car was loaded with delicious water- aH w BaW x I'm fr"r V. iUwiii H.nWy A Frank Talk with the Voters of Eastern and Central Oregon Eastern and Central Oregon have been want ing and needing a United States Senator for a lone time. A Senator at Washing ton who would work for their interests and woukt get something forthe great, big undeveloped interior of Oregon. Who would protect their wool and farm pro ducts; get Federal money (or irrigation and roads, and bring in people to occupy the land. Who would collect some of the debts of Oregon already long overdue, like the $8,000,000 due Oregon's irrigation fund. I want to tulk frankly to the people of Eastern and Central Oregon. NOVEMBER 3rd will be your opportunity to elect such a man. You All Know William Hanley. Most of you call him "Bill." It's about time that you people of Eastern and Central Oregon were waking up to your interests, abandoning party squabbles and party prejudices, and ELECTING YOUR MAN TO THE UNITED STATES SENATE. It's about time, to stop electing bankers and lawyers to the United States Senate. Why not elect your own man? The man you know, a farmer and a stockman. A man who knows your needs and is your friend. A doer and a getter. "BILL" HANLEY. Isn't it the wise thing to do? Please think it over and talk it over with your friends and neighbors. Read his platform. , If you want a seat on the Hanky bandwagon, please write me. CLARKE LEITER, Campaign Manager 1404 Ycon Building Portland, Oregon (Paid Ailvariiaauia.il Ur Hanky Campaign CuinntillM, Clark l.cllei, Manatfar ) ing oint, therefore it is reason little man was laid to rest on able to suppose .luiitura is always the afternoon-of Sunday, Rev. going to be a good town. The building stone in the neighborhood is wonderful. The writer was told the stone used in the new depot was sawed from the quarry with crosscut saws; it makes a very hansome appear ance put whether it jias the strength to stand is a ouestinn in the mind of the writer. The thing to show their feeling of re- Cruunb.rL.nt bank building, as well as the ! " neighborly interest in if you are ever troubled with Welcome drug store nnd the hotel' the family. &, pains or soreness of the building, the latter with only the We cannot leave this trip with- muscles, you will appreciate the fide walls up. are certainly some out a word respecting the roads good qualities of Chamberlain's of the finest looking buildings in and intervening country. The Liniment. Many sufferers from the entire state. roads were simply the limit. We rheumatism and sciatica have The town is improving, nltho- have never found them worse, used it with the best results. It ugh not rapidly as the townsite ( ''specially between the Altnow jH agpgsJaJly valuable for lumba people are not disposing of any place and Juntura. Thedustand K0 and lame back. For sale by lots and there seems a feeling of ,',"l(-k holes were so deep that ull dealers. uncertain! n. A new structure of mmmmmmmlmmmmmtmmmmmmmmmmmmtmmmmmmmmim wood has just been completed in which Bruss Hyrd has moved the pofltoffice and printing office. Somejiew dwellings are in course of construction and the hand some new brick school building is expected to be ready for occu pancy next Monday, although it may not lie entirely cornpleti d. It being Sunday the places of business were closed, therefore the writer did not meet many of the business men and had no op portunity to interview (hem as o their impression of the future prospects of the town, but un derstands they are all optomistic, especially on the proposition of the proposed new county and that this will bring their town to the front as the possible capital of the new county. Regular train service has not yet been established up to River-1 side and it was not known how soon this would he done. It; seems the railroad people are not' satisfied with the work of the I contractors and the delay is caused by this. James Weston was found at his post of duty in his telephone office where he has established the latest devices in the local ex change. He has an excellent system that is giving good satis faction. Mr. Weston is prepar ing to make connections with this territory by way of Harri niuu, having already put his line this way as far as Riverside and has the poles distributed for a distance of 18 miles out from Harriman on this side, ready to be set. When this is done it "Under the old law an entry man was compelled to take his five months leave of absence, if he desired the same, in one con tinuous pesiod." The new law prevides: "f hat the entryman mentioned A fairly liberal run of cattle for the week, with good demand, steers being the strongest single ' class. Best grades ten to fifteen cents higher than a week ago. Bulk of choice beeves 6. 75 to 7.00 with several cars going at 7.10 to 7.25. Butcher stock steady. Heavy receipts of hogs. Prices in section twenty-two hundred j eased off ten to fifteen cents. and ninety-one, Revised Statutes of the United States, as amended by the Act of June sixth, nine teen hundred and twelve, Thirty seventh Statutes, one hundred and twenty-three, upon filing in the local land office notice of the beginning of such absence at his option shall be entitled to a leave of absence in one or twe continu ous period; not exceeding in the aggregate five months in each year after establishing residence; and upon the termination of such absence, in each period, the en tryman shall file a notice of such termination in the local land of fice; but in case of commutation, the fourteen months actual resi dence, as now required by law, must be shown, and the person commuting be at the time a citi zen of the United States." Dry cleaning and pressing at the Burns Steam Laundry. 4tf. Best light stock 8.90 to 9.00. Sheep and lambs strong. Week's run not large enough for buying demand. Best lambs 6,00 wethers 5.25; ewes 4.35 are top quotations, but they are be ing picked up quickly at these figures. Chamberlain'a Colic, Cholera Diarrhoea Remedy. 'I and advised the 'boys' when they enlisted for the Spanish war to take Chamberlain's Colic, Cholera and Diarrhoea Remedy with them, and have received many thanks for the" advice giv en.' writes J. H. HouRhland, Eldon, Iowa. "No person whe ther traveling or at home should be without this great remedy. For sale by all dealers. Tonawama tomorrow night. City Restaurant Collage Inn BI'dg., South Main Si. W. R. McCuistioD, Prop. Dinner Menu for Sunday, Sept. 19 Chicken Noodle Soup One half Spi i Chicken, Fried lo Order 50c Baked Sarin) Chicken and Dreaaing SOc Boiled Beef and Horaeradiah 35c Beef Stew and Vegetable, 35c Fried Livei and Oniona 35c Roaal Beef aad Brown Gravy 35c Roaal Pork and Dreaaing 35c VEGETABLES Methed Potatoea Creamed Cabbage String Beana Lemon and Mince Pie Coffee, Tea and Milk We will be prepared to cook aad aerro the above Menu to yoa from 1 l:SO a a, to H p at, Sunday Nothing but White Help The Burns Flour Milling Co. Manufacturers of home products HIGH GRADE FLOUR i .. ., . , -,- ,.,, "CREMO" THE FAMOUS BREAKFAST FOOD The Cream of the Wheat, Fresh and Palatable Bran and Other Rolled Mill Feeds You Patronize Home when you deal here THE WELCOME PHARMACY Is The Place to Trade -WHY- First: Promptness, accuracy and fair-dealing. Secend: We carry a well assorted stock of Drugs," Chemi cals and Druggist Sundries. Third: We guarantee every article we sell to be just as represented or your money refunded. If you are a customer of ours you know this. If not, be come one and be convinced. in Charge